Karan Gera

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Karan Gera is an Indian artist.[1] He is one of the youngest ever to win the Lalit Kala Akademi award.[2] Recently he completed a solo exhibition at the Indian Council for Cultural Relations.[when?] His recent exhibition Grand India received positive reception from veteran artist Satish Gujral[3] and South African painter Marlene Dumas.[4]

UnTerror[edit]

Unterror[5] is a project by Karan Gera. UnTerror has been featured in several exhibits around the world including the Warriors of Peace exhibition at the Open Studio Gallery in Singapore in October 2009[6][7] Unterror has also been featured in the Art & Revolution exhibition organized by European Institute for Progressive Cultural Policies (EICP).[8] On Mahatma Gandhi's birthday on 2 October 2009, the Gandhi Museum in Mumbai included UnTerror in its exhibition on Mahatma Gandhi.[9]

International exhibitions[edit]

  • 2002 – Cinema India: Art of Bollywood at Victoria and Albert Museum[10]
  • 2002–2003 – Bollywood in Love: Bollywood Romantic Poster Group Exhibition across Bradford, Bristol, Birmingham, London, Paris, Berlin, and Prague[11][12]
  • 2006 – SOLO Exhibition "Shadow of God" at India's National Academy of Art- Lalit Kala Akademi[13]
  • 2008–2009 – Grand India[14]
  • 2009 – Warriors of Peace exhibition at Open Studio gallery, Singapore[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 December 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ The Hindu, one of India's leading English Daily newspaper http://www.hindu.com Archived 6 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Society Magazine
  4. ^ Artist Profile magazine, Australia
  5. ^ a b "Unterror with nonviolent methods - karan gera". Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  6. ^ Sunday Times (the Sunday edition of Straits Times, Singapore)
  7. ^ OPEN STUDIO [1]
  8. ^ "eipcp.net". eipcp.net. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  9. ^ "Mani Bhavan – Gandhi Sangrahalaya: Mahatma Gandhi Museum & Reference Library". Gandhi-manibhavan.org. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  10. ^ "Content no longer available". Victoria and Albert Museum. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  11. ^ Review, The Art. "House of Art and Culture: The Renaissance Artist of Bollywood".
  12. ^ "Redhotcurry.com - Galleries. Bollywood in Love Poster Exhibition". 4 April 2004. Archived from the original on 4 April 2004.
  13. ^ "Welcome To State Lalit Kala Akademi, U.P". Fineartakademiup.nic.in. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  14. ^ "自分ではできないお尻の脱毛|輝く女子のビューティー講座". Iccrindia.org. Retrieved 1 December 2016.